In Rome there are about 150 museums. The Italian capital is home to some of the most important museums and art galleries in the world. Cradle of art, it is impossible to leave Rome without visiting any of them.
CAPITOLINE MUSEUMS
The Capitoline Museums or Musei Capitolini is the main museum in Rome and is located in Piazza del Campidoglio.
BORGHESE GALLERY
The Borghese Gallery is one of the most famous art museums in the world. In addition, they are located in a unique enclave, the gardens of the Villa Borghese.
ROMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
The Museo Nazionale Romano is made up of four museums offered as a combined ticket and excellent value for money.
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
The Palazzo Massimo is one of the four museums that make up the National Roman Museum. Located very close to the Baths of Diocletian, it is one of the most important museums in Italy because it has
an important archaeological collection worldwide.
Altemps palace
The Altemps Palace, opened in 1997 as part of the National Roman Museum, contains one of the largest collections of Greek and Roman sculptures in Europe.
DIOCLECIANO BATHS
The Baths of Diocletian were built in 305 AD. under the rule of Emperor Diocletian. In 2008 they became part of the National Roman Museum. They have a capacity for about 3,000 people (double that of the Baths of Caracalla), which meant that they were the largest thermal baths in Ancient Rome.
Balbi crypt
The Balbi Crypt is one of the archaeological centers that best document the historical evolution of Ancient Rome, a city with an invaluable artistic heritage.
In times, the Balbi Crypt, built between 19 and 13 BC, was composed of a theater, a four-story building and a courtyard. Built between 19 and 13 BC. It was buried by subsequent constructions and it would not be until 1981 when excavations began, which were added to the National Roman Museum.
Vatican museums
The Vatican Museums are the most important or well-known in Rome, but there are many just as interesting and worth knowing during your visit.
Avoid queues
The queue for access to the Vatican Museums is by far the heaviest in Rome. Therefore, we give you several recommendations to avoid them.
The first option is to reserve your ticket through the Vatican website, which entails an increase of €4. Buy here.
You can also get the ticket for the Vatican Museums right now and at the same price as at the box office.
National gallery of Modern art
The National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, created in 1883, was conceived to house works of modern and contemporary art by national and international artists.
The museum exhibits works by Giacomo Balla, Renato Guttuso, Giorgio De Chirico and Lucio Fontana, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Giovanni Segantini, Vincent Van Gogh, Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Gustav Klimt, Umberto Boccioni, Vasily Kandinsky , Piet Mondrian, Jackson Pollock and Giovanni Boldini.
Barberini PALACE
El Palazzo Barberini es un palacio construido en el siglo XVII por la familia Barberini. Tras de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, lo vendieron al Estado italiano. Al tiempo, se convertiría en unas de las dos sedes de la Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica y el Istituto Italiano di Numismatica (la otra es el Palacio Corsini, en el Trastévere).
Palacio Doria Pamphilj
El Palacio Doria, más conocido como Palazzo Doria-Pamphili, es considerado la mansión particular habitada más importante de dicha ciudad. Sigue siendo la residencia de una familia nobiliaria con el mismo nombre y alberga una fastuosa colección privada, la llamada Galleria Doria-Pamphili, que incluye pintura, esculturas romanas y objetos decorativos.
Esta pinacoteca privada incluye obras de Caravaggio, Rafael, Tiziano, Bernini o el español Velázquez.
Villa Giulia – Museo Etrusco
La Villa Julia es una villa romana construida por el papa Julio III entre los años 1550 y 1555 en lo que era en ese entonces las afueras de la ciudad. Hoy en día es una propiedad pública, que alberga el Museo Etrusco de Villa Giulia desde el año 1899, y que alberga una impresionante colección de arte de esa época.
Villa Farnesina
Villa Farnesina is a Roman mansion built in the 16th century in the Trastevere district, near the Tiber, commissioned by the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi. In 1580 it was acquired by Cardinal Alejandro Farnesio from whom it takes its current name.
This villa is considered the first noble suburban villa in Rome. Today, it is an important example of the luxury and opulence existing in Italian society during the Renaissance.